6th Grade Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 4 - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

reg, reig (Latin) “king”

vict (Latin) “to conquer”

poss, pot (Latin) “powerful” and “to be able”

dom (Latin) “ro rule” or “house”

Unit 4 Word List: regal, reign, regicide, conflict, victorious, evict, possessive, potent, omnipotent, domestic, dominate, dominion, domicile

The Unit 4 Quiz will take place on Wednesday, October 21. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Holes by Louis Sachar - Students will begin the week working reviewing vocabulary in context for chapters 25-27 and summarizing chapter 25 from last week. Students will then read chapters 27-33 in class this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary in context, determine before and after, analyze a “think back”, compare and contrast two characters, infer, determine a cause, connect two different character relationships, discuss problems our main character faces, and create “thought bubbles” that will pretend to go inside the mind of a character. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a mystery/suspense book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 19 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, October 16 at 3pm. 

IXL (G.3) - Students will analyze short stories. Students will practice until earning a score of 90 (or higher) or spending 20 minutes on the lesson. IXL is due Friday, October 16 at 3pm.

 

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 4 - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

sanct (Latin) “holy”

dei (Latin) “god”

the (Greek) “god”

cast, chast (Latin) “pure”

Unit 4 Word List: sanctum, sanctify, sanctions, sanctuary, deity, deify, pantheon, polytheistic, monotheism, castigate, chastened, chastise

The Unit 4 Quiz will take place on Wednesday, October 21. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Restart by Gordon Korman - Students will review vocabulary words in context for chapters 15-21. Students will read chapters 17-21 this week while also focusing on comprehension questions that will use supporting details from the text, share opinions, use reasoning, explain character thinking and actions, illustrate a key scene from this section, discuss cause/effect, and explain our main character’s conflicting feelings. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a mystery/suspense book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 19 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, October 16 at 3pm. 

IXL (G.3) - Students will analyze short stories. Students will practice until earning a score of 90 (or higher) or spending 20 minutes on the lesson. IXL is due Friday, October 16 at 3pm.

 

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 4 - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

form (Latin) “to form, to establish”

apt, ept (Latin) “to fit”

pos, pon (Latin) “to put, to place”

fig (Latin) “to shape”

Unit 4 Word List: misinformation, reform, formative, inept, adept, aptitude, posit, impose, disposition, figment, effigy, prefigure

The Unit 4 Quiz will take place on Wednesday, October 21. Please remind your child to study his/her flashcards daily and check Google Classroom for practice tests posted on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz - Students will also continue annotating while reading chapters 17-20 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn new vocabulary in context, use their annotations to summarize chapters and guide discussions, answer comprehension questions by pulling details from the text, describe a new setting, analyze a quote and sentence from the chapters, and share personal feelings about what has happened in the novel so far. A quiz on chapters 17-20 is planned for Friday of this week. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a mystery/suspense book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 19 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, October 16 at 3pm. 

IXL (G.3) - Students will analyze short stories. Students will practice until earning a score of 90 (or higher) or spending 20 minutes on the lesson. IXL is due Friday, October 16 at 3pm.

6th Grade Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 3 (continued) - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

cap, capt, cip (Latin) “to seize, to take, to get”

prehend (Latin) “to seize, to grasp, to take”

sum, sumpt (Latin) “to take, to use up, to buy”

rapt, rap (Latin) “to seize”

Unit 3 Word List: capacity, captivate, recipient, apprehend, comprehend, assumption, consume, presumptuous, sumptuous, rapture, rapidity

The Unit 3 Quiz is Thursday, October 8. Please check Google Classroom for online study games on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Holes by Louis Sachar - Students will begin the week working on questions, inferring, giving personal opinions, and making a test-to-self connection for the chapters 19-21. Students will then read chapters 22-27 in class this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary in context, discuss character opinions, create cause and effect examples, draw conclusions, determine before and after, analyze a “think back”, and compare and contrast two characters. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a mystery/suspense book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 12 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, October 9. 

IXL (G.2) - Students will draw inferences from literary texts. Students will practice until earning a score of 90 (or higher) or spending 20 minutes on the lesson.  IXL is due Friday, October 9.

 

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 3 (continued) - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

cept, cip, ceive (Latin) “to take, to seize”

hab, hib (Latin) “to have, to hold” and “to have a home, to dwell”

dit (Latin) “to give”

don (Latin) “to give” and “gift”

Unit 3 Word List: intercept, participant, conceive, deceptive, exceptional, anticipate, cohabitation, exhibit, editorial, nontraditional, donor, condone

The Unit 3 Quiz is Friday, October 9. Please check Google Classroom for online study games on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Restart by Gordon Korman - Students will review vocabulary words in context for chapters 9-14 and work on new vocabulary in context for chapters 15-21. Students will read chapters 13-16 this week while also focusing on comprehension questions that will use supporting details from the text, describing character relationships and decisions, discuss interview questions for a character, draw conclusions, and make predictions. A quiz on chapters 9-14 is planned for Wednesday or Thursday this week. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a mystery/suspense  book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 12 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, October 9. 

IXL (G.2) - Students will draw inferences from literary texts. Students will practice until earning a score of 90 (or higher) or spending 20 minutes on the lesson.  IXL is due Friday, October 9.

 

Grade 8 Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 3 (continued) - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

hib, hab (Latin) “to have, to hold”

fus, found  (Latin) “to pour out”

ten, tain, tin (Latin) “to hold”

ple (Latin) “to fill”

Unit 3 Word List: prohibit, inhibit, suffuse, confound, infuse, sustain, abstain, tenacious, retinue, replete, implement, deplete

The Unit 3 Quiz is Friday, October 9. Please check Google Classroom for online study games on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz - Students will also continue annotating while reading chapters 13-16 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn new vocabulary in context, use their annotations to summarize chapters and guide discussions, answer comprehension questions by pulling details from the text, draw conclusions, and discuss character feelings and advice. A quiz on chapters 11-15 is planned for Friday of this week. 

Library - On Thursday, students will go to the library for an introduction to our new genre theme… mystery and suspense! Students will check out a new library book of their choice within this category for their Reading Log for the week of October 5. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Starting October 12, students will be responding to their reading through a Mystery/Suspense Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, October 12 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, October 9. 

IXL (G.2) - Students will draw inferences from literary texts. Students will practice until earning a score of 90 (or higher) or spending 20 minutes on the lesson.  IXL is due Friday, October 9.

6th Grade Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 2 - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

pos, pun (Latin) “to place; to put”

man (Latin) “to stay, to remain”

stan, stat (Latin) “to stand; to stand something up”

Unit 2 Word List: deposit, composition, proposition, opponent, impermanent, remnant, status, circumstance, constant, stationary

The Unit 2 Quiz is Thursday, September 24 due to the Spirit Run on Friday and a short week following (teacher inservice Friday, September 25). Please check Google Classroom for online study games on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Holes by Louis Sachar - Students will read chapters 7-9 in class this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary in context, predict, answer comprehension questions, use supporting details from the text when answering verbal and written questions, practice inference, make text-to-self connections, and use an organizer to describe yellow spotted lizards. A quiz on chapters 1-8 is planned for Thursday, September 17th. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 21 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, September 18. 

IXL (K.2) - Students will analyze a passage from The Lightning Thief, Part 2. Students will practice until earning a score of 90 (or higher) or spending 20 minutes on the lesson.  IXL is due Friday, September 18. 

7th Grade Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 2 - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

pos, pun (Latin) “to place; to put”

stan, stat (Latin) “to stand; to stand something up”

thes, thet (Greek) “placing” or “having been placed”

Unit 2 Word List: composure, exponential, imposition, repository, instantaneous, reinstate, inconstant, synthesize, parenthetical, hypothesis

The Unit 2 Quiz is Thursday, September 24 due to the Spirit Run on Friday and a short week following (teacher inservice Friday, September 25). Please check Google Classroom for online study games on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Restart by Gordon Korman - Students will determine the definitions for new vocabulary words in context for chapters 5-8. Students will read chapters 5-8 while also focusing on comprehension questions that will use supporting details from the text, describing character relationships, sharing opinions, explaining character choices, making connections (text to text, text to world, and text to self), comparing character differences, and illustrating a key scene from chapter 7. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 21 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, September 18. 

IXL (K.2) - Students will analyze a passage from A Long Walk to Water, Part 2. Students will practice until earning a score of 90 (or higher) or spending 20 minutes on the lesson.  IXL is due Friday, September 18. 

 

8th Grade Learning Objectives:

Latin & Greek Unit 2 - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

nunc, nounc (Latin) “to announce”

voc, vok (Latin) “to call”

fa (Latin) “to speak”

dic, dict (Latin) “to say, to tell”

Unit 2 Word List: enunciate, renounce, pronouncement, invoke, provocative, revoke, ineffable, infantile, affable, edict, indict, dictum

The Unit 2 Quiz is Thursday, September 24 due to our field trip to Casa Bonita on Thursday, the Spirit Run on Friday, and a short week following (teacher inservice Friday, September 25). Please check Google Classroom for online study games on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz - Students will continue annotating while reading chapters 6-8 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn new vocabulary in context, use their annotations to summarize chapters and guide discussions, answer comprehension questions by pulling details from the text, infer, and determine more examples of onomatopoeia.  

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 60 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 21 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, September 18. 

IXL (K.2) - Students will analyze a passage from The Giver, Part 2. Students will practice until earning a score of 90 (or higher) or spending 20 minutes on the lesson.  IXL is due Friday, September 18. 

6th Grade

On Friday we will honor and remember those who lost their lives on 9/11/01. All 6th-8th grade students will be attending the "Remembering 9/11” event downtown Libertyville. During our first week of school, we read a narrative nonfiction article in our Scholastic Scope Magazine titled, “Into the Choking Smoke”. This piece was about firefighter Regina Wilson's story of friendship, luck, loss and healing from her experience as a first responder during September 11, 2001. This piece will be an incredible tie to what we will experience on Friday. 

Latin & Greek Unit 1 (continued) - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

fac, fic, fect (Latin) “to make; to do”

act, ag (Latin) “to do; to drive”

oper (Latin) “to work”

funct (Latin) “to work; to perform”

Unit 1 Latin & Greek Word List: affection, agenda, coagulate, cooperate, deficient, defunct, facsimile, inoperable, malfunction, operational, petrify, suffice, transact

The Unit 1 Quiz is Friday, September 11. Please check Google Classroom for online study games on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Holes by Louis Sachar - Students will read chapters 4-6 in class this week. Throughout these chapters, students will learn new vocabulary in context, predict, answer comprehension questions, use supporting details from the text when answering verbal and written questions, analyze a new character, and complete a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting.  

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 14 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, September 11. 

IXL (K.1) - Students will analyze a passage from The Lightning Thief, Part 1. IXL is due Friday, September 11. 

 

7th Grade

On Friday we will honor and remember those who lost their lives on 9/11/01. All 6th-8th grade students will be attending the "Remembering 9/11” event downtown Libertyville. During our first week of school, we read a narrative nonfiction article in our Scholastic Scope Magazine titled, “Into the Choking Smoke”. This piece was about firefighter Regina Wilson's story of friendship, luck, loss and healing from her experience as a first responder during September 11, 2001. This piece will be an incredible tie to what we will experience on Friday. 

Latin & Greek Unit 1 (continued) - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

erg, urg (Greek) “work”

vig (Latin) “to be lively; to be energetic”

ig, ag, act, eg (Latin) “to do; to drive; to act”

Unit 1 Word List: agile, agitate, allege, enact, energetic, ergonomic, invigorate, prodigal, reactionary, surgical, vigorous

The Unit 1 Quiz is Friday, September 11. Please check Google Classroom for online study games on Quizlet.

Class Novel - Restart by Gordon Korman - Students will review their vocabulary words for chapters 1-4 and continue chapter 1. Our goal is to complete chapter 3 this week while also focusing on comprehension questions that will use supporting details from the text, comparing, recalling, analyzing our first character narrator switch, discussing relationships and our own feelings toward our main character, Chase.  

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 14 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, September 11. 

IXL (K.1) - Students will analyze a passage from A Long Walk to Water, Part 1. IXL is due Friday, September 11. 

 

8th Grade 

On Friday we will honor and remember those who lost their lives on 9/11/01. All 6th-8th grade students will be attending the "Remembering 9/11” event downtown Libertyville. During our first week of school, we read a narrative nonfiction article in our Scholastic Scope Magazine titled, “Into the Choking Smoke”. This piece was about firefighter Regina Wilson's story of friendship, luck, loss and healing from her experience as a first responder during September 11, 2001. This piece will be an incredible tie to what we will experience on Friday. 

Latin & Greek Unit 1 (continued) - Students will increase retention of new words and expand their vocabulary by working with the following roots:

phot, phos (Greek) “light”

luc (Latin) “light”

spec, spect (Latin) “to look at”

vid, vis (Latin) “to see, to look”

Unit 1 Word List: circumspect, elucidate, improvise, invidious, lucid, phosphorescent, photogenic, phototropic, prospect, providential, specter, translucent

The Unit 1 Quiz is rescheduled to Thursday, September 10 due to the 9/11 Memorial Ceremony. Please check Google Classroom for online study games on Quizlet!

Class Novel - Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz - Students have done an incredible job learning how to implement annotations, summaries, and comments/questions while reading their novel! They will continue annotating while reading chapters 3-5 this week. Throughout these chapters, students will make predictions, learn new vocabulary in context, find examples of onomatopoeia, use their annotations to guide discussions, and answer comprehension questions by pulling details from the text. 

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a “free choice” book at home this week and complete the responses on the back of the Reading Log. Reading Logs are due Monday, September 14 with a parent signature. 

iReady - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. iReady is due Friday, September 11. 

IXL (K.1) - Students will analyze a passage from The Giver, Part 1. IXL is due Friday, September 11. 

6th-8th Grades

This week in middle school, students will read a narrative nonfiction article on Monday in their Scholastic Scope Magazine titled, “Into the Choking Smoke”. This piece is about firefighter Regina Wilson's story of friendship, luck, loss and healing from her experience as a first responder during September 11, 2001. We will also preview vocabulary in context, use details from the text to answer text-dependent questions, and analyze central ideas. 

Students will be completing their iReady INFORMs (diagnostic testing) Tuesday through Friday. The purpose of this beginning of the year assessment is to identify each student’s exact skill level, pinpoint specific learning gaps across the reading domains, generate a personalized path for each student when completing their iReady assignments, and help guide classroom instruction. Students will be expected to bring a charged Chromebook to class daily, along with an independent book to read later in the week if their testing is completed before their classmates.

Next week we will be diving into our first Latin and Greek vocabulary lessons, going over the weekly Reading Log, and starting our class novels! 

Welcome back to school! I am beyond excited to kick off this school year with our 6th through 8th graders! 

 

This week, each class will work on the following:

- Students will learn all about their reading classroom, their daily procedures and their schedules.

- Students will learn classroom rules and expectations.

- Students will share their summer adventures and any great books they read.

- Students will work to complete "getting to know you" and team building activities to promote a sense of kindness and community in our classroom. 

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Class Novel - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown - On Monday, we will conclude the film, The Boys in the Boat. We will then complete a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the novel to the movie and use this organizer to hold a class discussion on the two. 

Important Reminders:

Tuesday, June 2 - Field Day!

Wednesday, June 3 - Last Day of School - 10am Dismissal

Thank you for the privilege of teaching your child this school year! Have a safe and wonderful summer! I look forward to seeing everyone in August. Don’t forget to encourage your child to read every day throughout the break! 

 

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Class Novel - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly - On Monday, we will conclude the film, Hidden Figures. We will then complete a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the novel to the movie and use this organizer to hold a class discussion on the two. 

Important Reminders:

Tuesday, June 2 - Field Day!

Wednesday, June 3 - Last Day of School - 10am Dismissal

Thank you for the privilege of teaching your child this school year! Have a safe and wonderful summer! I look forward to seeing everyone in August. Don’t forget to encourage your child to read every day throughout the break! 

Grade 6 Learning Objectives:

Latin and Greek Vocabulary - This week, students will be completing a crossword puzzle to review vocabulary from Units 17-20. The crossword puzzle is due Friday, May 29th.

Class Novel - The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown - This week, we will begin by taking the final exam on our class novel. After the test, we will enjoy the film, The Boys in the Boat for the remainder of the week. Upon completion of the film, we will be completing a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the novel to the movie and use this organizer to hold a class discussion on the two. It will be fantastic to see the novel come alive this week as we all really enjoyed the book!

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 40 minutes of a novel in verse or free choice novel at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The final Reading Log of the year is due Monday, June 1st with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. The final iReady for the year is due Friday, May 29th.

Grade 7 Learning Objectives:

Latin and Greek Vocabulary - This week, students will be completing a crossword puzzle to review vocabulary from Units 17-20. The crossword puzzle is due Friday, May 29th.

Class Novel - Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly - This week, we will enjoy the film, Hidden Figures. Upon completion of the film, we will be completing a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the novel to the movie and use this to hold a class discussion on the two. It will be fantastic to see the novel come alive this week as we all really enjoyed the book!

Weekly Reading Log - Students will read a minimum of 50 minutes of a novel in verse or free choice novel at home and complete three detailed, two-sentence responses on the back of their Reading Log. The final Reading Log of the year is due Monday, June 1st with a parent signature. 

iReady Reading Practice - This week, students will complete and pass one reading lesson on their individualized path, or practice for 40 minutes. The final iReady for the year is due Friday, May 29th